When building a startup, designer needs prove to be at the same time indispensable, urgent, and often, a pain in the a**. From our experience of choosing between outsourcing and in-house designers and handling a designer teams on a daily basis, we came up with these advice to help you work in a creative and peaceful atmosphere. Enjoy!
These slides were originally created by Alex Delivet (@alexd) for a presentation at BlendWeb in France.
Building Startups: the "3rd co-founder model"eFounders
Among the myriad of types of structures breeding startups (incubators, accelerators, etc.), a new successful model has emerged: the startup studio. Brand new, this model is already controversial, as show the announced IPO of Rocket Internet. Here is how we see the startup studio model: as being a 3rd co-founder. You can reed the full version on our blog: http://efounders.co/blog/startup-studio-the-3rd-co-founder-model/
Laicos is a technology Startup Studio led by Ryan Negri and Kyle Matthews. With 20 years combined operational and startup experience, Negri and Matthews want to shape the up-and-coming startup ecosystem of Tampa, Florida, developing their own ideas to create a new tech hub of innovation and entrepreneurship.
A “Startup Studio” is a structure whose aim is to repeatedly build products into companies. Thanks to its infrastructure and resources, a startup studio increase a product’s chance of success and optimize its creation and growth.
The difference between incubators/accelerators and Startup Studios is the vested human capital involved around an idea. At the core of the startups studio model are dedicated teams helping business ideas develop into beautiful products and successful companies.
Laicos’ flagship inaugural product, Fuse, is a social media management platform for the consumers and power users, with a simple price model and a clean and attractive UI. In addition, Laicos is developing four additional products: BusFinder, currently in beta version, an app utilizing data from the Tampa Public Transportation System; $1Market, to offer many different services to users for $1 dollar/mo, Order to Seat, for fans to order food to their seat while at a stadium or arena, and FoodStops, a food truck tracking app for consumers and marketing platform for vendors. In 20I7, we plan to work with other founders to help turn their ideas into reality.
Slash - the Startup Studio Playbook (13 dec2018)Slash
New models for collaboration emerge between corporates, startups and investors.
In his keynote at the Asia Startup Summit, Slash CEO Andries De Vos shares how Slash (www.slash.co) has developed a startup studio model which can be applicable to corporates, investors and entrepreneurs.
Presentación cultura innovación adobe kickboxPablo López
Presentación utilizada en el afterwork del Club Financiero Vigo en donde hablamos sobre la necesidad de desarrollar una Cultura de Innovación en nuestras organizaciones y comentamos herramientas que nos ayuden como es el Adobe Kickbox de Adobe.
CEO of the startup & innovation studio Launcher, Viktor Mikulasek, presented at the Mobcon conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. The aim was to clarify what should a startup consider before approaching an investor.
I gave this talk to the agency I work at, as i'm the first 'creative technologist' there.
My thoughts on what my job means, where I think the industry is going and some inspirational stuff in the back end.
These slides are quite old - please see the latest version - http://www.slideshare.net/sermad1/what-is-a-creative-technologist
@sermad
Building Startups: the "3rd co-founder model"eFounders
Among the myriad of types of structures breeding startups (incubators, accelerators, etc.), a new successful model has emerged: the startup studio. Brand new, this model is already controversial, as show the announced IPO of Rocket Internet. Here is how we see the startup studio model: as being a 3rd co-founder. You can reed the full version on our blog: http://efounders.co/blog/startup-studio-the-3rd-co-founder-model/
Laicos is a technology Startup Studio led by Ryan Negri and Kyle Matthews. With 20 years combined operational and startup experience, Negri and Matthews want to shape the up-and-coming startup ecosystem of Tampa, Florida, developing their own ideas to create a new tech hub of innovation and entrepreneurship.
A “Startup Studio” is a structure whose aim is to repeatedly build products into companies. Thanks to its infrastructure and resources, a startup studio increase a product’s chance of success and optimize its creation and growth.
The difference between incubators/accelerators and Startup Studios is the vested human capital involved around an idea. At the core of the startups studio model are dedicated teams helping business ideas develop into beautiful products and successful companies.
Laicos’ flagship inaugural product, Fuse, is a social media management platform for the consumers and power users, with a simple price model and a clean and attractive UI. In addition, Laicos is developing four additional products: BusFinder, currently in beta version, an app utilizing data from the Tampa Public Transportation System; $1Market, to offer many different services to users for $1 dollar/mo, Order to Seat, for fans to order food to their seat while at a stadium or arena, and FoodStops, a food truck tracking app for consumers and marketing platform for vendors. In 20I7, we plan to work with other founders to help turn their ideas into reality.
Slash - the Startup Studio Playbook (13 dec2018)Slash
New models for collaboration emerge between corporates, startups and investors.
In his keynote at the Asia Startup Summit, Slash CEO Andries De Vos shares how Slash (www.slash.co) has developed a startup studio model which can be applicable to corporates, investors and entrepreneurs.
Presentación cultura innovación adobe kickboxPablo López
Presentación utilizada en el afterwork del Club Financiero Vigo en donde hablamos sobre la necesidad de desarrollar una Cultura de Innovación en nuestras organizaciones y comentamos herramientas que nos ayuden como es el Adobe Kickbox de Adobe.
CEO of the startup & innovation studio Launcher, Viktor Mikulasek, presented at the Mobcon conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. The aim was to clarify what should a startup consider before approaching an investor.
I gave this talk to the agency I work at, as i'm the first 'creative technologist' there.
My thoughts on what my job means, where I think the industry is going and some inspirational stuff in the back end.
These slides are quite old - please see the latest version - http://www.slideshare.net/sermad1/what-is-a-creative-technologist
@sermad
What is a Creative Technologist? [February 2014, VCU Brandcenter Guest Lecture]Rachel Mercer
Edited subset of a presentation that I gave to VCU Brandcenter Master's Candidates in Creative Technology, only a portion of which I can share publicly. There has been a lot of ambiguity around the school and the field itself about their role in the future of advertising. I took a stab at giving them some direction here.
how product focused companies can use service design to create competitive advantage and differentiation. 4 strategies to build product service eco-systems.
Lean Startup Inside a Big Company (with a Shark Tank Twist), Stephen Liguori,...Lean Startup Co.
What happens when a small group of mavericks decide to launch an unauthorized version of Lean Startup inside a huge multinational firm like Cisco? Over 1,100 new organic-growth ideas, including a surprise Shark Tank-like ending. Presented by Steve Liguori, (Founder Liguori Innovation and former GE Exec Director of Global Innovation) with Alex Goryachev (Cisco Senior Director Innovation Strategy and Programs) and Oseas Ramirez Assad (Cisco Senior Manager, Business Development and Innovation Enablement.)
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Updated slidedeck for JavaDay, currently with 12 tips.
As you grow in your career, chances are that one day you will end up as the Technical Lead of 1 or more projects. Often not by choice. The role of Technical Lead is quite different from the role of (senior) Software Developer and this talk will bring you answers on questions like:
* How do I do technical interviews?
* How do I lead a team? How do I lead multiple teams?
* How do I cope with my new responsibilities?
* How do I cope with success / failure?
* How do I prevent losing focus on the technical challenges?
* …
In summary, everything you want(ed) to know on your first day as a Technical Lead and that you can use every day from that point onwards.
JavaOne 2017: 10 tips to become an awesome Technical Lead (v3)Bart Blommaerts
As you grow in your career, chances are that one day you will end up as the Technical Lead of 1 or more projects. Often not by choice. The role of Technical Lead is quite different from the role of (senior) Software Developer and this talk will bring you answers on questions like:
- How do I do technical interviews?
- How do I lead a team? How do I lead multiple teams?
- How do I cope with my new responsibilities?
- How do I cope with success / failure?
- How do I prevent losing focus on the technical challenges?
- …
In summary, everything you want(ed) to know on your first day as a Technical Lead and that you can use every day from that point onwards.
the backbone of the various presentations held at the launch of the book 'Brand Driven Innovation' by Erik Roscam Abbing. Videos will soon be posted on youtube.
Jan kennedy - I have an idea - what now? @WBIS2014winebis
Jan Kennedy, director of the Munich chapter of the Founder institute lead us through the choices and decisions that a would-be entrepreneur faces after having that idea.
Applying Lean in Intercultural Environments: Limitations and Opportunities, M...Lean Startup Co.
Melinda Jacobs, co-founder of Lucent Sky, gathers sales and product feedback from customers on three continents. She’ll describe the impact cultural customs and norms have on how feedback and customer development take place, with a focus on how to adapt Lean methodologies into diverse cultural settings.
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Amee Mungo, Digital Transformation at Capital One, leads a discussion on the Collaboration between UX, Design, and Development in Enterprise Organizations. With John Whalen (Founder, Brilliant Experience), Scott Childs (Experience Design Lead, Capital One).
Department Store Innovation Labs: A Deep DiveThoughtworks
This research analyzes the innovation labs of 7 popular department stores in North America, as well as the lab from Westfield Labs. The goal is to learn and identify strategies that build a successful lab venture.
Intervention de Guillaume Cartigny, Publicis Conseil & Stéphane Maguet, Wearesocial au sujet du métier de Creative Technologist lors de la conférence #DesignTalk qui s'est déroulée le mercredi 8 juillet à NUMA.
This presentation was given at the Agile Australia 2011 (http://www.agileaustralia.com/)
Startup businesses face significant risk in the search for a sustainable, profitable and scalable business model. Consequently, the success rate for Startups is low, making them a typically high risk investment. Agile methods offer a way of reducing the risk for both the technical implementation and the development of customers. This is achieved by increasing the ability for a Startup to adapt to change and to incorporate the lessons learned from early customer engagement. In this presentation the nature of technology Startups is examined and the application of Agile principles, practices and tools discussed.
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How to make animated GIFs, both freely and with Photoshop. The presentation uses animated GIFs itself, so it's probably better offline and in presentation mode. But still useful without the animations. Be sure to follow the Smithsonian Libraries' Tumblr blog, Turning the Book Wheel, http://smithsonianlibraries.tumblr.com for more.
What is a Creative Technologist? [February 2014, VCU Brandcenter Guest Lecture]Rachel Mercer
Edited subset of a presentation that I gave to VCU Brandcenter Master's Candidates in Creative Technology, only a portion of which I can share publicly. There has been a lot of ambiguity around the school and the field itself about their role in the future of advertising. I took a stab at giving them some direction here.
how product focused companies can use service design to create competitive advantage and differentiation. 4 strategies to build product service eco-systems.
Lean Startup Inside a Big Company (with a Shark Tank Twist), Stephen Liguori,...Lean Startup Co.
What happens when a small group of mavericks decide to launch an unauthorized version of Lean Startup inside a huge multinational firm like Cisco? Over 1,100 new organic-growth ideas, including a surprise Shark Tank-like ending. Presented by Steve Liguori, (Founder Liguori Innovation and former GE Exec Director of Global Innovation) with Alex Goryachev (Cisco Senior Director Innovation Strategy and Programs) and Oseas Ramirez Assad (Cisco Senior Manager, Business Development and Innovation Enablement.)
JavaDay 2017: 10 tips to become an awesome technical lead (v4)Bart Blommaerts
Updated slidedeck for JavaDay, currently with 12 tips.
As you grow in your career, chances are that one day you will end up as the Technical Lead of 1 or more projects. Often not by choice. The role of Technical Lead is quite different from the role of (senior) Software Developer and this talk will bring you answers on questions like:
* How do I do technical interviews?
* How do I lead a team? How do I lead multiple teams?
* How do I cope with my new responsibilities?
* How do I cope with success / failure?
* How do I prevent losing focus on the technical challenges?
* …
In summary, everything you want(ed) to know on your first day as a Technical Lead and that you can use every day from that point onwards.
JavaOne 2017: 10 tips to become an awesome Technical Lead (v3)Bart Blommaerts
As you grow in your career, chances are that one day you will end up as the Technical Lead of 1 or more projects. Often not by choice. The role of Technical Lead is quite different from the role of (senior) Software Developer and this talk will bring you answers on questions like:
- How do I do technical interviews?
- How do I lead a team? How do I lead multiple teams?
- How do I cope with my new responsibilities?
- How do I cope with success / failure?
- How do I prevent losing focus on the technical challenges?
- …
In summary, everything you want(ed) to know on your first day as a Technical Lead and that you can use every day from that point onwards.
the backbone of the various presentations held at the launch of the book 'Brand Driven Innovation' by Erik Roscam Abbing. Videos will soon be posted on youtube.
Jan kennedy - I have an idea - what now? @WBIS2014winebis
Jan Kennedy, director of the Munich chapter of the Founder institute lead us through the choices and decisions that a would-be entrepreneur faces after having that idea.
Applying Lean in Intercultural Environments: Limitations and Opportunities, M...Lean Startup Co.
Melinda Jacobs, co-founder of Lucent Sky, gathers sales and product feedback from customers on three continents. She’ll describe the impact cultural customs and norms have on how feedback and customer development take place, with a focus on how to adapt Lean methodologies into diverse cultural settings.
Las 5 cosas que cualquiera puede aprender de IDEO @ marketers13Gabriel Simonet
Pequeña charla dada en Marketers / 13, sobre algunas cosas que cualquier humano más o menos normal puede aprender sobre Innovación, Design Thinking y Gestión de Equipos y Empresas de IDEO, la consultora líder en innovaciónd de productos y servicios a nivel global.
Driving UX, Design, & Development collaboratively through the EnterpriseLean Startup Co.
Amee Mungo, Digital Transformation at Capital One, leads a discussion on the Collaboration between UX, Design, and Development in Enterprise Organizations. With John Whalen (Founder, Brilliant Experience), Scott Childs (Experience Design Lead, Capital One).
Department Store Innovation Labs: A Deep DiveThoughtworks
This research analyzes the innovation labs of 7 popular department stores in North America, as well as the lab from Westfield Labs. The goal is to learn and identify strategies that build a successful lab venture.
Intervention de Guillaume Cartigny, Publicis Conseil & Stéphane Maguet, Wearesocial au sujet du métier de Creative Technologist lors de la conférence #DesignTalk qui s'est déroulée le mercredi 8 juillet à NUMA.
This presentation was given at the Agile Australia 2011 (http://www.agileaustralia.com/)
Startup businesses face significant risk in the search for a sustainable, profitable and scalable business model. Consequently, the success rate for Startups is low, making them a typically high risk investment. Agile methods offer a way of reducing the risk for both the technical implementation and the development of customers. This is achieved by increasing the ability for a Startup to adapt to change and to incorporate the lessons learned from early customer engagement. In this presentation the nature of technology Startups is examined and the application of Agile principles, practices and tools discussed.
How to make Animated GIFs with and without PhotoshopRichard Naples
How to make animated GIFs, both freely and with Photoshop. The presentation uses animated GIFs itself, so it's probably better offline and in presentation mode. But still useful without the animations. Be sure to follow the Smithsonian Libraries' Tumblr blog, Turning the Book Wheel, http://smithsonianlibraries.tumblr.com for more.
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The latest insights on SharePoint Form SolutionsMaarten Visser
An overview of the past, present and future of SharePoint Form solutions. Get to see an overview of options for building electronic forms using SharePoint. A summary of pro's and cons for the most common options.
Features Covered: Excel online Services, Access App Forms, Open source solutions, Custom Forms, Third party apps, Store Apps and the story of the InfoPath Zombie.
Great UX talent is hard to identify and even harder to recruit. As the industry embraces the importance of the user experience, masters of the craft can take their pick of jobs at companies ranging from Google and Facebook all the way down to tomorrow’s most world-changing startups. As if hiring wasn’t hard enough, making the wrong hire carries a huge cost in both money and time.
As the principal UX architect at Slide UX, Erin manages a team of designers who have worked and hired on both the client & agency sides. Leave this session with practical guidelines for when to hire in-house vs outsource, how to identify the type(s) of designers you need, and where to find them.
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We all want the best user experience, but often other priorities get in the way: “Bob from Marketing wants it to…”, “The developers don’t like that approach...”, “That feature is a ‘nice to have’”.
What if you had a tool that can help folks sharpen their UX skills, get them prioritizing the users and their goals, and align everyone on a common vision that revolves around a great user experience?
This hands-on tutorial will walk you through a design studio and how it can be a great tool to align product owners, developers and UX teams on an approach that balances user and business needs. We’ll also show you how to conduct a “mini design studio” before an agile sprint.
You’ll gain hands-on experience with different aspects of running a design studio through individual and group exercises throughout the tutorial.
John Whalen (CEO at Brilliant Experience):
John Whalen has a PhD in Cognitive Science with over 15 years of User-Centered Design experience. He currently leads Brilliant Experience – a consultancy that supports intra- and entrepreneurs to ensure the success of mission-critical innovation projects by using our unique blend of user-centered design, psychology, design thinking and lean startup techniques.
John’s specialty is to provide businesses with competitive advantages using a mix of user research insights and expert knowledge of human vision, attention and memory. He has experience (and great stories to tell from) working with Fortune 500 clients in the ecommerce, financial, healthcare and government verticals. John’s currently focusing on helping large enterprises integrate brain science into agile, design thinking, and UCD projects.
Take a deep dive look at my world, mentality, and processes. Here, I share past work like web design and illustration. I also share some thoughts about the future.
I recently attended the Interaction Design training at Cooper (http://www.cooper.com/#training:interaction_design).
This presentation is a brief overview of the training and Cooper process from the perspective of a software developer.
It is the responsibility of user interface and user experience designers to develop user-friendly interfaces that make it simple for anyone to use complex technical data or products. This, though, can sound like a difficult task. Although, your task is done and life is made easier, if you employ the right tools in conjunction with your artistic approach, as per an best website designing company in Delhi.
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User Centered Design: guarantee that your business process automation project...Bonitasoft
Wide user acceptance is one of the biggest challenges companies face when launching a new project, product, or service. Any of these can fail for a variety of reasons, but failure is often due to a disappointing user experience.
The process of User Centered Design actively takes into account the needs, expectations, and characteristics of end users at each stage of the development process, leading ultimately to better user satisfaction.
The tools and processes manager of a large French automotive group recently noted, "You have to be user-centric to successfully digitize your processes." End users can feel, “This was actually designed with me in mind - my wants and needs were actually considered before a tool was imposed on me to use.”
From layout to delivery of the first iteration and through continuous improvement, learn how to use the Bonita UI Designer as an iteration tool to guarantee an ideal match with the actual needs of end users.
video: https://youtu.be/vmZgeJ86738
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YOU CAN EXPECT TO LEARN:
* Ways to solve defects caused by focusing on a single flow of a single product
* What are the most common inconsistencies and possible ways to solve each of them
* Show a real case (my particular case) about how Sprint Design can be inserted in a UX macro process
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2. When building a startup, designer needs
prove to be at the same time indispensable,
urgent, and often, a pain in the a**.
From our experience of choosing between
outsourcing and in-house designers and
handling a designer teams on a daily basis,
we came up with these advice to help you
work in a creative and peaceful atmosphere.
Enjoy!
18. #3 Reason pro
in-house
A beautiful product is the tip of the
iceberg: all teams inside the company
feel motivated by compliments on a
design made by their teammates.
19. look at us all proud of our beautifully-designed hoodie
(yep, that’s a designer sitting on the throne)
20. once you have
your own design team,
you need to handle it
22. Don’t be the annoying plumber client
Do not dictate your designers what they should do specifically. They
are the ones who know better what solutions would fit your
problems. Just like a plumber knows best how to fix a leak.
24. I thought I could make an
infographics.
Designers do infographics.
25. Don’t let designer only do design
Designers should be implicated
on other tasks than strictly
product or graphic design. Their
creative minds can be a strong
asset on other topics, such as
management or marketing (just
like a rational developer’s mind
can be an asset on more creative
topics).
27. We were looking for a way to encourage our teams
to collaborate more. We were using Slack but it
wasn’t enough: the idea to build our own virtual
currency for ‘thankyous’ - called the Briqs - came
from our design team. Today, we even have our own
online shop!
28. Don’t leave a designer alone
Designers need to be
challenged and
brainstorm a lot. If
you can’t hire several
designers yourself,
think of joining a
shared office and
have designers in the
same room, or
encourage sharing
their work on
Dribbble.
29. Don’t interrupt a designer
that’s what our designers posted on their door
30. Do let designers have a creative
environment that inspires them
even if it’s messy or outside the office
31. Don’t say things like:
‘Come on, it will only take two minutes’
‘I would even do it myself…’
‘Can’t you just use Paint?’
That shall go straight to the
Friday-night’s-beers jar
32. Do work in sprints:
Set goals each 1 or 2 weeks so that your designers can
organize themselves freely in that timeframe.
Creativity comes and
goes: you can’t force
them to be productive
every hour. Half a day
a week should be used
for self-learning and
exploration.
33. Do have backlog tasks in stock
If a designer is stuck
on a task you asked
him/her to do, suggest
to do something else
(preferably low priority
and low boredom).
37. Trello is a perfect project management tool if
your work in sprints. We use 1 board per project
and have a specific board for design.
38. UXPin is a great mockup tool that has
collaborative and advanced features. At
eFounders, we follow 2 rules: ‘everything that’s
integrated shall be designed’ and ‘everything
that’s designed shall be mockuped’.
39. We use invision for prototyping.
The tool enables us easily build
dynamic mockups.
40. All files are gathered in shared folders, for
each of our projects. We use the enterprise
solution Google Drive (as part of the
Google apps suite).
41. Good tools make good workers.
invest in a good computer, good software, and if needed, a graphic tablet.
42. Thank you!
We are eFounders, startup studio.
@efounders
!
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